News at the Top – Huge Win for Alberta Taxpayers
The Alberta government is introducing recall and citizens’ initiative, which has been a major goal of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and our supporters for years.
Our Alberta Director Franco Terrazzano breaks it down for B.C. Director Kris Sims.
LINKS: https://globalnews.ca/news/7698083/alberta-recall-legislation-bill-52/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/proposed-law-could-see-alberta-voters-petition-governments-for-changes-1.5952191
Deep Dive – Carbon Tax Fight Continues
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government can impose a carbon tax across the country.
But the CTF is definitely not giving up the fight. We’ve always said we’d use every tool at our disposal to fight the federal carbon tax and joining in constitutional challenges was just one tool.
Links: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/estimated-impacts-of-a-170-carbon-tax-in-canada
https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/taxpayers-federation-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling-on-federal-carbon-tax
Waste Watch – Home Equity Tax?
In the summer, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said they were not funding a study of a home equity tax. We have exclusive documents that show they weren’t telling the whole story.
Link: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/cmhc-spent-250,000-on-home-tax-study,-despite-denials
SIGN the PETITION to STOP A HOME EQUITY TAX: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/no-home-equity-tax
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#146 Taxpayer legal challenge against the CBC
#145 Corporate welfare costs $5 million/job
#144 Debt interest = $1 billion/week
#143 Trudeau gives Quebec special carbon tax deal
#142 Canada’s tax revolt
#141 Governor General Gravy Train
#140 Fighting Trudeau’s online censorship
#139 Trudeau losing on carbon tax
#138 Trudeau’s $1 million “affordability” retreats
#137 A scam app and a scam tax
#136 Bonuses, bureaucratic boondoggles & hotel bills
#135 Trudeau and CBC president squirm
#134 Taxpayers getting gouged at the pumps
#133 Trudeau’s carbon tax is about politics, not the planet
#132 Feds hike inflation then hike interest rates
#131 Trudeau Hammers Taxpayers With a Second Carbon Tax
#130 Trudeau saving money wrong
#129 Taxes up. MP pay up. We’re fed up.
#128 CBC’s Big Bonuses and Six-Figure Salaries
#127 Taxpayers launch legal challenge against Trudeau government
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